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This song was recorded at Mirror Sound Studio in Seattle, WA. by engineer Ken Fordyce. When Ken isn’t behind the controls, he was playing guitar with the group CRIME SCENE who recorded their entire first CD entitled, “1ST OFFENSE” in his studio back in 2004-2005. The group consisted of Wayde Brown (me) on guitar, vocals, and percussion; Nick Wilcox on bass, vocals, and keyboards; Mark Hasbrook on acoustic guitar and vocals; Jay Munger on lead guitar and vocals; and Paul Kollman on drums and vocals.
This is the 47th song I wrote and recorded it in 2004. The song was originally titled SHIRLEY. It would have been the 2nd song I had ever written with a girl’s name. Since that time, and with a bet from a friend to continue to write at least one album’s worth of girl’s names in songs, I got a bit tired of retreading the same old routine, so I changed the title. Actually, my 2nd wife suggested the new title and I added the (I Need You So) at the end of the title. I was influenced by barber shop quartets and how they sang harmonies together and wanted to write and sing a song in much that way.
With this particular version, I reworked it in my home studio since I was never satisfied on how the tempo changed severely over the course of the song, so with the Audacity editor, I adjusted the problem.

Recorded at Mirror Sound Studio in Shoreline, WA.

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Surely, I Need You So! Surely, Don’t Want You To Go!
I Need You So Babe, Can’t You See?
I Loved You From The Start Now, Please Love Me!
I Would Like To Know What To Say.
I La, La, La, La Love You So, So Show Me The Way.

Surely, I Need You So! Surely, I Don’t Want You To Go!
I’m Pourin’ My Heart Out Just For You.
Now Let’s Get Together And See What We Can Do.
I Was Young And Foolish, But I Want You Still.
I Want You For My Own, But Do You Have The Will?

Surely, I Need You So. Surely--
She Has The Nicest Smile.
I Want To Go Out With Her For Quite Awhile.
Though It Seems That We’re Miles Apart,
She’s A Girl With A Kind, Kind Heart.

Oh….Surely, I Need You So! Surely, I Don’t Want You To Go!
(Solo)
I Went To Walk You Home And We Kissed A Little Too.
I Want You To Stay With Me And I Hope This Happens Soon.
I Need To Talk To You But What Would I Say?
I La, La, La, La, Love You Girl In Oh So Many Ways.

Surely, I Need You So! Surely, I Don’t Want You To Go!
Da, Da, Da...... Surely, Surely (Hey!), Surely, Oh Surely.
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from The Santairs Presents: FIRST OFFENSE​-​-​REIMAGINED (2024 Remaster), released May 18, 2014
Wayde K. Brown

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The Santairs Auburn, Washington

I am a musician, singer, and songwriter doing this part-time but have been doing it all my life. I started singing before I could talk at the age of one, and wrote my first real song at 15 years of age. (If you count avant-garde as a song, then the age would be 7.) I currently own my own recording studio; and I write, perform, and record my own music (and other's from time to time.) I am Santairs. ... more

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